Yana
Americannoun
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Yanas,
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Yana
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a member of a North American Indian people who once resided in the eastern portion of the upper Sacramento River valley in California.
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the now extinct Hokan language of the Yana, best known for a systematic differentiation between men's and women's speech.
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“Young people everywhere will inherit the environmental legacy we build today,” said Yana Garcia, California secretary for environmental protection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
“For years, communities have fought to end the use of paraquat, a weedkiller associated with negative impacts to human health and wildlife,” said California Secretary for Environmental Protection Yana Garcia in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Yana and Red's first litter, and the first in 20 years at Longleat, were born in 2019 with one boy, Rusty, and one girl, Yuki.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
But that is triple current domestic demand, according to Wood Mackenzie analyst Yana Hryshko.
From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026
“I know you from your community, Yana Urku.”
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
The Yanas were fond of astronomical myths, or myths of the upper world.
From Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind by Jeremiah Curtin
These hunts of the first people or gods are, for the Yanas, the great prototypes of hunting.
From Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind by Jeremiah Curtin
The account of the creation of the Yanas is as concise as possible, and at the same time complete.
From Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind by Jeremiah Curtin
His sons and daughters were not his children, but his creation; he made them from sticks, just as Jupka made the Yanas at Jigulmatu.
From Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind by Jeremiah Curtin
At the present day the Wintus, and the few Yanas that are left, go down the valley and labor during the season in hop-fields and vineyards.
From Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind by Jeremiah Curtin
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